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knife fight

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. knife fight, snickersnee, cut-and-thrustnoun

    fighting with knives

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  1. Knife fight

    A knife fight is a violent physical confrontation between two or more combatants in which one or more participants is armed with a knife. A knife fight is defined by the presence of a knife as a weapon and the violent intent of the combatants to kill or incapacitate each other; the participants may be completely untrained, self-taught, or trained in one or more formal or informal systems of knife fighting. Knife fights may involve the use of any type of knife, though certain knives, termed fighting knives, are purposely designed for such confrontations – the dagger being just one example.

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  1. knife fight

    A knife fight is a violent physical confrontation between two or more individuals where one or all participants are armed with a knife or similar weapon. This typically involves each participant attempting to harm the other while also trying to avoid injury themselves. Knife fights can be part of an organized sport in some cultures, but more often they are informal fights or self-defense situations.

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  1. Knife fight

    A knife fight is a violent physical confrontation between two or more combatants in which one or more participants is armed with a knife. A knife fight is defined by the presence of a knife as a weapon and the violent intent of the combatants to kill or incapacitate each other; the participants may be completely untrained, self-taught, or trained in one or more formal or informal systems of knife fighting. Knife fights may involve the use of any type of knife, though certain knives, termed fighting knives, are purposely designed for such confrontations – the dagger being just one example.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of knife fight in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of knife fight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of knife fight in a Sentence

  1. Barbara Hall:

    Being plied with fine food always puts me in mind of the slammer, cause the food was jumpin' in there too--high in fat but nice and salty. You know what the worst deprivation in there was My music. Radio belonged to my cell mate, the Blonde Hammer. He was into that jazz-fusion thing at the time. I tell you what, enough Spyro Gyra and you're hoping you'll get killed in a knife fight.

  2. Mitch McConnell:

    That's why I describe it like a knife fight in an alley, everybody's slugging it out.

  3. Alan Blinder:

    If I was Alan Blinder, I'd be trying to enlist members of Congress on the side of the The Fed and on the side of the law, if he gets into a knife fight with the White House he wants some members on his side.

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